Need upgrades on:
Laverde
Kelly
Menzie
Cox
Wright
Oh, LOL.
Then delist.
We’re playing a way too tall team and something has to give. We can’t carry Jones and Cox in the same team. Caddy has locked centre half forward and Langford will be third tall forward.
Jones will never be a key position player
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Forget Petracca. Work on getting Harley Reid next.
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If West Coast are as bad next year as they were this one theres every chance he asks to leave.
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You are missing a couple of prime suspects, namely:
2MP
Kelly
I would also include Menzie, but since he just signed a new contract, that won’t happen.
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Can we get Petracca for a bag of walnuts and a car battery (partially charged)?
Can we stop this trade talk where we give up nothing and get a gun?
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When you guys get a fed a name you do give it a good going over.
Heres my take…no more mids
We need some quick halfbacks, someone soild up front with a sneaky small to crumb around goals
Tweedeldum at FB and Tweedledee at FF
Melbourne and Trac are probably colluding, he wants to leave and they’re happy to accommodate if the return is right. He’s doing the right thing by them, they are doing the right thing by him. It’s all of us who are in the dark to this and will have egg on our faces after it all goes down.
I went to high school with petracca and he was also in my cohort. Had many chats with him, he’s a terrific bloke. Generally likes to have a laugh, banters with teachers and always had a smile on his face, his personality is very infectious. One time I was watching year 10 college footy on the fence, trac called out to me to come and sit next to him and all his mates. Have so much respect for him as a player and person. Damn good at basketball too, could’ve represented australia and was a pies fan growing up. After watching him playing college footy, I knew he was going to be a great player. I even told rival Melbourne fans that he was gonna be a player when he gets over his injury woes. After achieving what he has achieved in the game, I can’t be any happier for him. Haven’t spoken to him after he got drafted so I’ve got no inside word.
I would be so happy if there was some possibility that trac came to the club that I love and support (even with the risks associated), but can’t see it happening.
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Rubbish!
eh ■■■■ it, if we’re gonna be shortcut fc, get LDU.
although biggest case of caveat emptor ever, if north let him go, its for a reason (see mckay)
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You’ve sat next to Tracca?! awesome!
John Noble wants to be traded to Gold Coast.
Didn’t expect that
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Sounds like Trac is cooked.
Christian Petracca has revealed he is suffering from insomnia and seeing a trauma psychologist to deal with the aftermath of his life-threatening football injury, while former AFL great Matthew Lloyd reported that some of the Melbourne superstar’s teammates believed it was time for Petracca to leave the Demons.
Lloyd told Nine’s Footy Classified he’d spoken directly to Melbourne players who believed the relationship between Petracca and the club had deteriorated to the point that it was time they parted ways.
Sam McClure reports for Footy Classified on the escalating drama between Christian Petracca and the Melbourne Football Club.
This masthead reported on Monday that Petracca had reiterated to the club at his exit interview, and to teammates at an end-of-season function, that he wanted to play for a rival Victorian club in 2025, and that Carlton spearhead Harry McKay is one of the few players who could unlock a potential trade. However, a trade remains unlikely as both players are on long-term multi-million dollar contracts.
Petracca’s falling out with Melbourne follows a serious internal injury he sustained while playing for the Demons against Collingwood in June, and his reported frustration over the club’s rapid demise since the 2021 premiership, both on field and with a number of headline-grabbing dramas off-field.
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Petracca has not spoken publicly about that disquiet, but has spoken about the physical and emotional trauma caused by the injury that ended his season. His latest comments – aired on the Howie Games podcast released Tuesday morning – reveal the life-threatening injuries have led to insomnia and him seeing a trauma psychologist.
Even though Petracca is considered one of the AFL’s best players and in the prime of his career, Lloyd said his teammates were now questioning whether it was worth making the four-time All Australian honour his contract, which supposedly ties him to the club until the end of this decade.
“Two days ago or even a week ago, I would have said, you just fight for Christian and you just say: ‘No, we are going to have another year at it, let’s see if we can sort things out’. But I think it’s going past that point,” Lloyd told Footy Classified.
“I am happy to say, I have bumped into a couple of his teammates, and they probably now think it’s best for Christian to leave the club. I think it’s got to the point where they are frustrated as much with Christian as Christian is with the club.
“It might have got to that point of no return. The problem is, if Harry McKay says no, the whole thing falls over.”
In what continues to be a traumatic time for Petracca, with the in-contract Melbourne star informing teammates and the Demons he wants to play at a new club next season, the champion midfielder has again opened up about his mental and physical battles.
Christian Petracca was in immediate pain after the collision in the King’s Birthday clash.Credit:AFL Photos
Petracca, 28, said he continues to relive events from that traumatic afternoon when he suffered four broken ribs, a lacerated spleen and a small puncture to his lung when accidentally kneed by Collingwood captain Darcy Moore.
“It’s been really, really tough. Probably the most traumatic thing I’ve experienced in my life. The trauma of everything … it’s actually not necessarily the incident of it, it’s the aftermath of it. The surgery in general was a really traumatic experience: being awake for it, internal bleeding, wasn’t able to be put to sleep under anaesthetic. I can think of every single thing happening at that time,” Petracca said on the Howie Games podcast.
“This must have been 3am in the morning. I didn’t know at the time; I was drugged up. Bella (Petracca’s partner) came to the ICU the next day and basically said that at three in the morning … we got the number off the surgeon because he called to say you might not make it, basically. He’s in critical condition.”
Asked if there were fears he might not survive the operation, Petracca replied: “Yeah, because there was internal bleeding and everything. So (I was) in serious and critical condition. For me, it was more that, that hit home rather than the actual injury itself. I’ll be fine physically, and I’ll be able to train and get back to playing and everything. It’s just more that … the people around you feel it more than you,” Petracca said.
“Even since then, the last six, seven weeks have been really tough on both of us. She’s been amazing for me since I first met her but just through this experience. I’ve got insomnia I feel like, to be honest, because of stuff like that. I can’t sleep because of stuff like that … I’m having to see a trauma psych to deal with what’s going on.”
Petracca said there was “a lot of stuff” he was dealing with.
“The self-doubt, the trauma, and the stress of everything. I’ve been in-and-out of hospital three or four times through emergency,” he said.
Petracca wasn’t asked about his playing future, where he has been linked with a move to Collingwood, the club he grew up barracking for, or Carlton.
Harry McKay has been linked with an exchange for Petracca, but McKay’s manager David Trotter of Hemisphere Management said his client would not be leaving the Blues. McKay is contracted to the Blues until the end of 2030.
The Blues or Magpies would satisfy one of Petracca’s main desires - to regularly play in front of big crowds.
On the podcast, he said Greater Western Sydney captain Toby Greene was the man he would most like to play with.
“I love Toby Greene, he is so polarising, but I just love watching him play. He is such a boss,” Petracca said.
Petracca’s future will be the most intriguing debate through the October trade period, despite Demons chief executive Gary Pert, coach Simon Goodwin and football department chief Alan Richardson insisting he will not be traded under any circumstances.
“No we’re not going to trade Christian,” Richardson told 3AW on Friday night.
“He’s a fantastic player, a fantastic Melbourne person. We acknowledge that it’s been a really tough time for him, but our footy club has been built around some really important signings.”
Petracca is a four-time All-Australian, a two time best-and-fairest winner, Norm Smith medallist and a premiership player. He is contracted on a multi-million dollar deal until the end of 2029.
He confirmed in June that his family had been left “frustrated” over the situation he was in post surgery, while he was frustrated last season when he felt the club could have acted more strongly when dealing with teammate Clayton Oliver, who had well-publicised issues on and off the field.
Petracca’s manager Robbie D’Orazio declined to comment.
Part of me think Dees are willing to move him on and we are just witnessing an attempt to maximise/maintain value.
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That’s a real surprise. He’s a very solid role player. Exactly what you need.
Looks like the media is trying to ■■■■ on those plans…this is only going to go south for Melbourne.
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Probably still a bit miffed from being left out of the granny
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